The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-09-16
An OccasiOnof Bringing Back
the Old Times.
TIE DAYS OF THE REVOLUTION
And of the Time When his Govern
ment OF, By and For the Peo-
pie Was Made-Etc.
The Grand Centennial.


one thing more than another for which
the million and half of people who are
temporarily residents of this city of cen
tennials are thankful it is the weather.
With a clear sky, obscured here and
there only by stratas of clouds, the dag
gave promise of being everything that
could be wished, and heavy load was
lifted from the hearts of many who
have been for months looking forward
to the day when the greatest epoch IN
the history of the last century should be
celebrated. Philadelphia and her hun
dreds of thousands of guests appeared
on the streets early in their holiday
garb, Iighthearted and all bent toward
the single object of making the
celebration a fitting one. All day
yesterday and last night visitors,
including distinguished guests, military
and fremen, arrived by every possible
conveyance, and the dozen reilroad de-
pots were taxed to the utmost in &C
commodating the throng which had
hocked to the Grade of Liberty" TO
bear witness by their presence OF their
love and veneration for the historic
document which gave them freedom
and liberty, and made this "a govern
ment of the people. by the people, and
for the people," All the hotels were
filed to OVERLOOKING by yester~ ay morn
ing, and every inch of surplus space
had been SO filled with cots and other
means of temporary rest that many OF
the strangers had to resort to the
Bureau of Information" which was
established during the early days of the
constitutional centennial boom" and
which has performed an important
mission since its inception. 1t is safe to
say there are at least 100000 visitors
from a distance, in addition to the
thousands from adjacent counties of
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware,
1taryland and hardly State or Terri
tory remains unrepresented in the
three days festival. The streets,
to-day, presented an appearance lovely
IN the extreme. In all directions
as far as the eye could see
was one mass of bunting and decora-
ton. Many of the newspaper Offices
and public buildings made lavish dis
play, the decorators being worked
early and late to complete the work in
time. At daybreak this morning they
were still at work, putting the finishing
touches which had been delayed more
or less By the weather. Every arrange
AnCIJ 11d0 OCCu ny OhOSO
and the day was one of the most event.
fully inter esting in the history of the
civilized world. The monster civic and
industrial pageant started from Broad
and Oauphin Streets soon after
10 o'clock, and marched to Broad
and Moore Streets, distance
of nearly FIVE miles, and then counter
marched to the starting point, passing
through one continuous line of obser-
vation stands galy decorated with flags
of all nations.
The procession was intended to illus
trate the advancement of the industrial
arts and sciences during the past cen
fury, and 1t believed fairly eclipsed any
thing of the kind ever kOoWn. There
we're in line 300 floats, each bearing a
representation of some particular
branch of industry; 1000 men, 5000
horses and $50 bands of music. The
honor of leading the first division was
given to the Patriotic Order of the Sons
of America, who presented a beautiful
display, headed by richly. decorated
wasOn, bearing banners with notices
emblematic of the order.
The scene at the grand reviewing
stand situated opposite the Union
League club house on Broad Street,
just below SAMSON, was a grand one.
The stands on either side of Broad
Street were densely filed with people,
and the bright colors of ladies and
Children'S raihent lent beauty to the
magnificent and elaborate decorations
of the various stands themselves. There
were sixteen telegraph stations along
the route of the parade for the purpose
of communication from one end of the
line to the other and just as telegram
flashed over the wires announcing that
the pageant had started from Broad
and Dauphin Streets, Governor Beaver
rode by in his carriage, and was greeted
with hearty round OF applause. By
IL o'clock the distinguished guests, the
Governor, foreign ministers and others
began to pour into their assigned places, |
thick and fast. AS the different
governors passed up or down Broad
Street and were recognized they received
round after round of cheers, and ladies
and children joined in the greeting, by
waving hats, hands, handkerchiefs anu
parasols. The Constitutional Centen-
NAL Commission was officially repre-
sented on the grand stand by Hon. |
John A. Kasson, president, and four
other officers, who occupied seats in
front. The central portion of the stand |
was reserved for the Governors of
States, with their stats. On this stand |
were also Senators and Representatives |
IN Congress, many of whom were pres
ent, the commissioners of the various |
States and Territories, thirty three in |
all, the diplomatic corps, the foreign |
consuls. and especially the invited |
guests OF the commission. The adIoin- !
ing sections contaiaed hosts of distin- |
guished visitors.
The majority of the remaining floats
tod
them was a display showing the pro-
gress III the modes of travelling from
the revolutionary era to the present
time by lake and water. The United
States mint had an interesting exhibit.
The government naval display included
model of the first steamer which
crossed the Atlantic; a model of the
United States man-of-war Hartford;
models OF new cruisers of many kinds: